Security

The head of MI5 has described the scale and pace of the current terror threat as the highest he’s ever seen. In the first on-camera briefing to journalists in the agency’s history, Andrew Parker said attacks are now able to accelerate from plan to intent within days.

Police have beefed up security arrangements in preparation of the New Year celebrations as a response to the terror attacks in Europe. In Manchester and Edinburgh extra crowd protection will be in place. While in London, 3,000 officers, many of them armed, will be on the streets.

Regular Snowbloggers will know of my obsession with the bonkers airport security regime in this country, and beyond. Well, the chairman of British Airways no less, has weighed in. Martin Broughton has now said what I’ve been saying for months and months.